单词Hester
n.: 赫丝特；【女名】女子名
网络: 赫斯特；海斯特；海丝特
赫丝特
As he spoke, he laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester"s *, as if it had been red-hot.
他一边说着，一边把长长的食指放到那红字上，那字立刻火烧火燎地象是烙进了海丝特的胸膛。
To Hester Prynne it might have been a mode of expressing, and therefore soothing, the passion of her life.
对海丝特·白兰来说，可能只有靠这样一种抒发形式，才能慰藉自己对生活的激情。
Had the forest still kept its gloom, it would have been bright in Hester"s eyes, and bright in Arthur Dimmesdale"s!
此时即使林中仍然幽暗如故，在海丝特的眼中，在阿瑟。丁梅斯代尔的眼中，也仍然会是光芒四射的！
Is Hester Prynne the less miserable, think you, for that scarlet letter on her breast?
你看，海丝特·白兰是不是胸前佩戴了那红字，就不那么痛苦了呢？
Aunt Hester thought that it would be nice for him to work, if he were quite sure not to lose by it.
海丝特姑太认为，只要他有把握不会赔钱，做点事情也好。
If Hester did his job inside a Perspex box on top of the Gherkin for a year, this entire argument might never have happened.
如果海斯特在“腌黄瓜”顶上的有机玻璃盒子内工作过一年，目前这场争辩可能根本就不会发生。
"What shall I say? " thought Hester to herself. "No! If this be the price of the child"s sympathy , I cannot pay it. "
“我该说什么才好呢？”海丝特心中自忖。“不成！如果这是换取孩子同情的代价，我是不能支付的。”
But there was a more real life for Hester Prynne, here, in New England, that in that unknown region where Pearl had found a home.
但对海丝特·白兰来说，住在新英格兰这里，比起珠儿建立了家园的陌生的异乡，生活更加真实。
when the child was asleep, Hester had never felt a moment"s safety: not a moment"s calm enjoyment of her.
从那时起，除非这孩子在睡觉，海丝特设有过片刻的安全感，也没有过片刻的宁静和由孩子带来的欢乐。
and only in consequence of that identity had Hester contrived so perfectly to represent the scarlet letter in her appearance.
而且，也正因为有了这个同一性，海丝特才能如此完美地用孩子的外表率象征她的红字。